[OSM-talk] [RFC] shop = chemist

[Dermot McNally]

On 10/01/2008, Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping at web.de> wrote:

> So I still need a good term for those shops that you seem to have in
> england as well, "superdrug" and "Boots" may be good examples (at least
> the shops not dispensing :-). I think "The body shop" also falls under
> this category.
>
> I hesitate to use the german word drogerie for it, this won't be very
> recognisable internationally.
>
>
> Any ideas for a better term than "health and beauty"?

Drugstore: although not widely used in the English speaking world
outside America, it's the closest description I can think of and it's
a good equivalent for Drogerie.

Dermot